"What do you like doing best in the world, Pooh?"

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best?" and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. And then he thought that being with Christopher Robin was a very good thing to do, and having Piglet near was a very friendly thing to have: and so, when he had thought it all out, he said, "What I like best in the whole world is Me and Piglet going to see You, and You saying 'What about a little something?' and Me saying,' Well, I shouldn't mind a little something, should you, Piglet,' and it being a hummy sort of day outside, and birds singing."

Working with an awesome progressive public-interest advocacy organization. This summer you might find me knocking on your door asking you to support an initiative to move Massachusetts towards zero-waste. I really am one of the lucky people that love my job.

There's not a whole lot in the way of free time, BUT when I'm not working I enjoy:

-Gobbling up episodes of campy TV shows (right now I'm doing a "Veronica Mars" re-watch in preparation for the movie!), as well as episodes of PBS Nova and BBC Horizons (like this: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-cosmos.html).

-Cautiously teaching myself how to cook things other than Amy's-brand microwave dinners. Mostly vegetarian. Any good recipe suggestions for the cooking impaired?

-Attempting to re-learn piano

-Reading

Despite the fact that I work 50-80 hours/week, I try not to take anything too seriously. Also: ISFJ, if you take stock in that stuff.

Listening and asking questions. Gesturing emphatically. Blushing twelve shades of red when I'm embarrassed. Traveling light.

I make emphatic hand motions when I talk, and I've been told I have a funny bounce in my step when I walk.

I'm quiet, but don't mistake that for a lack of self-confidence. I'm shy, maybe a little awkward sometimes, but I'm confident in myself and attracted to people who are confident in themselves. I don't mind comfortable silence - I like conversation, but at a lull I don't mind just chilling and enjoying each other's company.

TV: Once Upon a Time, True Blood, Downton Abby, Bones, X-Files, Buffy, Firefly, Roswell, Veronica Mars, Alias, Daria, Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Books: I shamelessly love Young Adult sci-fi/romance type books: The Hunger Games, the Twilight series, Matched, Delirium, Divergent/Insurgent. Aside from that, some all-time favorite books include The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Einstein's Dreams, The Tao of Pooh, Angels in America, and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Right now I'm starting to tackle the "Discworld" series by Terry Pratchett.

Music: Gaga, Robyn, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Ke$ha, Justin Bieber (although I liked him more back in the days of "Baby" and "One Less Lonely Girl"), Adele. I've resigned myself to the fact that I have the musical tastes of a gay man trapped in a woman's body. Who dates women. And can't dance. It's a tough life.

Food: Vegetarian BLT's, sushi, Vietnamese tofu sandwiches, paneer tikka masala, naan, bagels with lox, pizza with ranch dressing.

Coffee, my stainless steel water bottle, my messenger bag, the "public transit" function on Google Maps, new challenges, my optimism.

You are smart, passionate about something, generally optimistic about life, generally self-confident, and something you saw here interested you.